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PKT

designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov

Machine gunsSoviet UnionIn service since 1968
Overall length 1,203 mm
Photo coming soon: side view on a transparent background, with author and license.

Key specs

Caliber
7.62×54mmR
Action
Gas-operated, rotating bolt
Rate of fire
600–800 rds/min
Muzzle velocity
825 m/s
Effective range
1,000 m
Maximum range
3,800 m
Magazine
100 rounds
Weight (empty)
9.00 kg
Length
1,203 mm
Barrel length
605 mm
Designer
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Designed
1961
Production start
1968

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Ammunition

7.62×54mmRRifle · Russian Empire · 1891

Compatible gear

No optics or accessories are linked to this weapon yet.

Users & conflicts

Conflicts
Vietnam WarSoviet–Afghan WarIran–Iraq WarFirst Karabakh WarGulf WarYugoslav WarsFirst Chechen WarSecond Chechen WarWar in AfghanistanIraq WarRusso-Ukrainian WarSecond Karabakh War

Variants

PK machine gun1961PKT1968

Sources

  1. Trench Warfare Revisited: Armenia's Indigenous Remote-Controlled Armament, Oryx, 2021
  2. Small Arms of the War In Ukraine, The Firearm Blog, 2022
  3. PK machine gun, Wikipedia
  4. Wikipedia: List of Gulf War military equipment, Wikipedia
  5. Wikipedia: PK machine gun, Wikipedia